With our feijoa tree bursting with fruit that are dropping faster than I can collect, I had been on the hunt for a feijoa recipe when Nadia Lim’s instant feijoa ice cream showed up on my Facebook news feed

My neighbour has a few Feijoa trees in her yard. Feijoas, also known as Pineapple Guava or Guavasteen in other parts of the world, is native to the highlands of Southern Brazil, Eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, Northern Argentina and Colombia

I never knew we had a feijoa tree until a friend of mine wandered around our backyard last year and saw this small tree, when he saw it was out of season so the last of the fruits were already rotting on the ground or had been consumed by the birds

These sweet and nourishing feijoa muffins are free from gluten and refined sugar. I set about making this oven-cooked version after my sister-in-law, Louise, recently made me a delicious microwaved Trim Healthy Mama feijoa muffin in a mug

Feijoa season is, in my opinion, one of best thing about autumn. As well as eating these in abundance, I’ve created one of my one of my favourite recipes so far, a healthy feijoa cheesecake (well, healthier than a standard recipe anyway

So next time I'll make feijoa 'paste', not jam, and I'll be sure not to put it into a jar. I have entered another recipe already for Sweet NZ this month, but since feijoas are in season now I didn't want to wait another month